George Ayittey Quotes
1945–2022 Ghana
George B. N.
- Ghana
- Economists
- Non-fiction authors
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African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.
Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
Furthermore, one does not fight an enemy on the turf on which he is strongest, but where he is weakest.
Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective.
Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.
What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
It is also true that when a people, long kept in a boiling cauldron of oppression, suddenly find the lid removed, they spend their remaining energy battling chimerical enemies.
Radio is the death and life of Africa.
The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.
The 'Cheetah Generation' refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective.
The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.
The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.